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...born (now a museum), the school he attended and his teacher (who will be interviewed on the show), his present ranch and the surrounding countryside-from the Pedernales River to Pack Saddle Mountain. Mrs. Johnson also makes a brief appearance on the program to recollect the story of their whirlwind courtship...
SWEET CHARITY is kept aloft by Dancer Gwen Verdon, a one-woman whirlwind propelled by Director Bob Fosse's breezy choreography. Unfortunately, Neil Simon's book about a goodhearted doxy duped by love is woefully becalmed...
...Indoor Whirlwind. While Florida was still cleaning up its storm damage, another tornado started spinning in Washington, D.C. But this one was manmade, and it whirled with promise. Generated in a laboratory at Catholic University by Chinese-born Dr. Chieh-Chein Chang, head of the university's space sciences department, the indoor twister probably came closer to simulating a real tornado than any other artificial storm ever produced. By carefully analyzing its characteristics, Chang hopes to learn how to build structures that will better withstand the deadly twisters and perhaps point the way toward more accurate prediction and even...
...reap his whirlwind, Chang started a smoke generator installed beneath a screened cylindrical cage 9 ft. high and 6 ft. in diameter. After the smoke was drawn toward the top of the cage by a powerful exhaust fan, the cage itself began to revolve. As the screen approached six revolutions per minute, it imparted a rotary motion to the air being drawn through it by the fan. The rising smoke gradually turned into a column that rotated at 1,200 r.p.m., whistling around in the cage at speeds up to 40 m.p.h. Pieces of confetti on the floor...
...Should Be President." Sloan originally came to G.M. through a rear door. He was born in New Haven, Conn., and early in life showed a natural mechanical ability. He earned an engineering degree from M.I.T. in a whirlwind three years, then went to work for the near-bankrupt Hyatt Roller Bearing Co. of Harrison, N.J. Convinced that Hyatt had possibilities, Sloan persuaded his father, a well-to-do wholesale grocer and tea importer, to buy a controlling interest in Hyatt-and let Junior run the company. Within six months, Hyatt began to show profits. Within 17 years, profits had mounted...